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Loading... Silent Mercy (original 2011; edition 2011)by Linda Fairstein
Work InformationSilent Mercy by Linda Fairstein (2011)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Linda Fairstein always delivers! I love how she imparts her knowledge of New York City and Martha's Vineyard in all of her books. The historical, architectural and geographical elements are as riveting as the criminal element. ( ) Eh. The thirteenth book in the Alex Cooper series and it sorta shows. It wasn't a badly written book of course. Fairstein writes very well and her mysteries are generally well plotted and in this story, unlike the last one, the 'chock full of historical' facts that were on every page weren't quite as intrusive. As usual it starts with a murder, and not exactly a usual one. Alex, Mercer and Mike get to collaborate on it as it gets more and more about religions and women. There was also a tiny little subplot about a teen girl and her family and whether or not she had been raped and how her family was dealing with it. But it was done very superficially and in the background compared to the main plot. It seemed interesting though and I wish it had been explored more. I also wish that the book didn't seem so mean spirited to me. I understand that Alex and Mike are friends that poke and prod and kid with each other, but as the reader I don't find a lot of it funny. Not to mention Fairstein either needs to get Alex and Mike together, or get them apart, the in between has worn thin. In the middle of the night, prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is called to Harlem's Mount Neboh Baptist Church to find out why the body of a young woman has been decapitated, set on fire, and left burning on the church steps. Alex wonders if the fire was meant to destroy this woman's body, or to draw attention to it. Her fears are confirmed days later, when a second corpse is found. Convinced that another young woman is bound to die, Alex mines the depths of Manhattan's many houses of worship. no reviews | add a review
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When the burnt headless body of a young woman is found on the steps of a Baptist Church in Harlem, Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper is one of the first on the shocking scene. With NYPD cop Mike Chapman, Alex begins to investigate, but before long another woman is slaughtered and found on the steps of a Catholic church in Little Italy. No library descriptions found. |
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